Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1901/312
| Title: | Building a Better Mousetrap: Capturing New Data in ISI Journal Citation Reports and Local Journal Utilization Reports to Support Academic Collection Managers |
| Authors: | (E. Ashley Rogers Brown) |
| Keyword: | ISI, Impact Factor, Citation Analysis, Publication Analysis, Collection Management, Journal Selection and Deselection |
| Issue Date: | 13-Apr-2006 |
| Publisher: | School of Information and Library Science |
| Abstract: | The ISI provides librarians with tools such as the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and the institution specific Local Journal Utilization Report (LJUR) to aid in the management of serials collections. These tools enable librarians to respond quickly to changes in publishing practices and purchasing options. While available literature often criticizes ISI data, few studies provide concrete recommendations for improvement. This study explores two extensions to LJUR: (1) adding citation date and (2) creating institution specific impact factors. In addition, I explore the degree to which self-citations influence the ISI impact factor. Publication and citation calculations are made for three prominent southern universities’ research chemists using a corpus of full text articles drawn from 27 American Chemical Society (ACS) journals and stored in an Oracle database. The ACS research corpus impact factor simulation and ACS research corpus self-citation omission impact factor are also created ... |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1901/312 |
| Appears in Collections: | SILS Master's Papers |
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